“Immunity at the cost
Of false patriotism.
Immunity at the cost of
A heart… a life.
“You’re doing God’s work, Son.”
You hear as you march.
March in to the pit of ****** and blindness.
“He had a gun!” You cry.
“He was only a child.” I reply.
You take validity out of the words of the oppressed.
You take money from the pockets of the poor.
How many memories must you repress
To feel empowered enough,
to drop the innocent to the floor?”
This is a poem by Adam DeRosa. The reason as to why I chose this poem is because it’s related to black lives matter. For many years black people have felt displaced in their own country, state, borough and neighborhood! They have felt uncomfortable when it comes to the local policemen because they have been taking people’s lives for no reason. They have been getting random searches, stopped in the street or in their own car, and attacked, all for reasons of their color skin, looking “suspicious” and false accusations. They have felt displaced because they feel they do not belong due to the superiority and power of the white policemen. Innocent lives have been taken back to back for no apparent reason without justice being served and there needs to be a stop to it to prevent innocent lives being killed, and so they wont feel displaced in their own homes.
I really like your input on this poem and would like to add onto your thoughts. Not only does it relate to unjustified attacks from the police, but the racism that comes along with it. There are many instances where police brutality is caught on tape and many instances that they aren’t. It saddens me to see that people still cannot accept that everyone does not look the same and have different cultures that should be respected amongst society. People who use their power and authority to do evil to others should be penalized.